http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com Technical Writing & Communication Tips, Trends & Tutorials by Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/online-classes/how-to-write-a-software-installation-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 admin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:52:44 +0000 http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/?page_id=3539#comment-1113 Helene, thanks for your thoughtful comment. There are of course content management systems that are very useful for that purpose but this tutorial described a situation in which technical writers author separate guides without any single-sourcing or "structured authoring." And even when the writer has access to such modular writing tools the readers and end users themselves might still refer to one guide only and miss what's been included in yet another guide. I was trying to make the point that in situations where the readers do not have access to such sophisticated content management systems it would be prudent to cover important information in more reference materials than one, despite the inevitable redundancy and overlapping. Best regards. Ugur Helene, thanks for your thoughtful comment. There are of course content management systems that are very useful for that purpose but this tutorial described a situation in which technical writers author separate guides without any single-sourcing or “structured authoring.” And even when the writer has access to such modular writing tools the readers and end users themselves might still refer to one guide only and miss what’s been included in yet another guide. I was trying to make the point that in situations where the readers do not have access to such sophisticated content management systems it would be prudent to cover important information in more reference materials than one, despite the inevitable redundancy and overlapping. Best regards. Ugur

]]> http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/online-classes/how-to-write-a-software-installation-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-1112 Hélène LT Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:38:49 +0000 http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/?page_id=3539#comment-1112 About your last sentence: isn't it what content management systems are for? They let you reuse a particular content in several destination manuals, don't they? I regret that your article ends on such a negative note although there are solutions. About your last sentence: isn’t it what content management systems are for? They let you reuse a particular content in several destination manuals, don’t they? I regret that your article ends on such a negative note although there are solutions.

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